Outside the building where the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment is housed. Inside, there’s radiation, new particles and high tech equipment. Outside, the weather is just nice. And the mountains too (there aren’t any mountains in the Netherlands).

So, already a couple of years ago, I went on a trip to CERN with my co-workers. The trip there was okay, had lots of bathroom breaks, stayed at some small hotel in a small town called Hüfingen-Fürstenberg in Germany, then went on to just arrive on time for our tour.

Rachel Sermanni’s concert in Rotown Rotterdam was good. I found it interesting how maybe half of her songs are in triple metre. The arrangements with Rachel’s guitar, combined with the two fiddles, piano and vocals, are amazing, especially for such a young singer/songwriter. The interaction with the audience was awesome (although the concert would’ve been better with some people –read: morons– in the audience left out), her laughs and youthfulness are very appreciated.